"The Skinny"
By Eric Hornick
Game 14
Minnesota 5, Isles 2
Kirill Kaprizov scored a goal and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild defeat the Isles 5-2 before a crowd of 15,792 at UBS Arena.
The Islanders fell behind 2-0 in the first 12:32 and got within one goal for only 78 seconds the rest of the way. Emil Heineman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Isles.
The loss snapped the Isles' three-game point streak, and their five-game home point streak. The Isles return to action at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night with the first edition of Islanders-Rangers.
The Scoring:
1st Period
Vinnie Hinostroza (2) Jonas Brodin (3), Marcus Johansson (8) 07:24 MIN 1,NYI 0
Danila Yurov (2) Yakov Trenin (3), Marcus Foligno (1) 12:32 MIN 2,NYI 0
2nd Period
Emil Heineman (6) Bo Horvat (7), Mathew Barzal (8) 04:38 MIN 2,NYI 1
Brock Faber (3) 05:56 MIN 3,NYI 1
Marco Rossi (4) Kirill Kaprizov (12), Daemon Hunt (1) 09:05 MIN 4,NYI 1
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4) Anders Lee (8) Ryan Pulock (6)18:51 MIN 4,NYI 2
3rd Period
Kirill Kaprizov (9) Mats Zuccarello (1) 08:33 MIN 5,NYI 2
The Skinny
The Isles killed the only Wild power play; they have killed 13 of the last 14; however the power play is now 2 for the last 26…Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee remain tied for the team lead with eight assists …Bo Horvat extended his points streak to four games (3-2-5) …Marcus Foligno earned his first point of the season, leaving Garnet Hathaway (PHI) as the only NHL forward who has played at least ten games without a point…Marcus Johansson, playing his 999th NHL game, extended his point streak to eight games…Mats Zuccarello set-up Kaprizov's goal in his season debut…Matthew Schaefer had his fourth burst of over 22 mph this season, one shy of the total for all Isles defensemen last season.
Milestone Men
• Ryan Pulock ties Jean Potvin for seventh place among Islander defensemen with 167 assists, passing Jeff Norton (166).
• Anders Lee played his 855th Isles game, tying Matt Martin for 8th in club history.
• Bo Horvat earned his 299th NHL assist.
Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game
1. Matthew Schaefer 27:40 10/25/2025 at PHI (SO)
2. Eric Brewer 26:57 4/3/1999 vs ANA (OT)
3. John Tavares 26:46 4/11/2010 vs. PIT (SO)
4. Matthew Schaefer 26:35 10/13/2025 vs. WPG
5. Matthew Schaefer 26:04 10/11/2025 vs. WAS
A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 27:40 seven times (Bryan Berard – four times; Travis Hamonic -3 times). The youngest of these was Hamonic (at MTL) on February 10, 2011, when he was 20 years, 178 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until March 1, 2028.
Most Games Played as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)
Tim Connolly 81 (14-20-34)
Dave Chyzowski 34 (8-6-14)
Mathew Schaefer 14 (5-6-11)
Nino Niederreiter 9 (1-1-2)
Brent Sutter 3 (2-2-4)
Brad Dalgarno 2 (1-0-1)
Paul Boutilier 1 (0-0-0)
Lots of Travel
The Isles are in a stretch where they are playing 11 of 14 games on the road. They are 2-3-2 in this stretch (1-1-1 home, 1-2-1 road).
Did Somebody Say Comeback?
The Isles have five come-from behind wins this season, including two when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win four times this season, including three in the third period.
Overtime
The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 0-2 in shootouts.
Empty Netters
The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals and allowed 2.
Building on a Lead
The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 6 times this season:
• Score the next goal: 1 time
• Allowed the next goal: 3 times
• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 2 times
Last Year vs. This Year
• 2025-26 6-6-2 for 14 points in 14 games
• 2024-25 6-6-2 for 14 points in 14 games
Offense from Defense
• Today: 0-1-1
• Season: 6-23-29
• Last Season (Final) 32-129-161
Home and Road
The Isles are 6-6-2 overall; they are 4-3-1 at home and 2-3-1 on the road.
Minnesota is 6-7-3 overall; they are 3-3-2 at home and 3-4-1 on the road.
East and West
The Isles are 4-4-2 against the East (2-3-1 vs. Metropolitan and 2-1-1 vs. Atlantic) and 2-2-0 against the West (0-2-0 vs. Central and 2-0-0 vs. Pacific).
First Things First
The Isles are 3-1-2 when scoring first and 3-5-0 when allowing the opening goal.
The Shots
Isles 10-11-6=27
Minnesota 7-13-6=26
The Isles are 1-5-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-0-1 when the shots are even and 4-1-0 when the opposition has more shots.
In the Nets
David Rittich made 21 saves; he is 3-2-0 this season and 5-1-1 vs. Minnesota.
Jesper Wallstedt made 25 saves; he is 2-0-2 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles.
Special Teams
The Isles were 0-2 (4:00); Minnesota was 0-1 (2:00).
The Isles are 3-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-4-2 when they do not. The Isles are 3-3-2 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-3-0 when they do not.
The Isles are 4-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-3-1 when they are outscored, and 0-2-1 when special team goals are equal.
Three is a Magic Number
The Isles are 6-1-2 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-5-0 when they do not.
One-Goal Games
The Isles are 3-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 3-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-2 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.
Back-to-Backs
Including tonight, the Isles are 0-2-0 on the front end and 1-0-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Saturday at Madison Square Garden. The next back-to-back will be on November 13-14 in Vegas and Utah.
Including tonight, the Isles are 2-2-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.
Ice-time Leaders
Isles: Matthew Schaefer (23:59); Minnesota: Jared Spurgeon (21:23)
Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (20:46).
Face-offs
Isles 35, Minnesota 27 (56%)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 14 for the Isles. No Wild player who took more than two draws won more than he lost.
Hit Count
Isles 14 (Emil Heineman and Anders Lee -4)
Minnesota 16 (Matt Boldy -4)
Fights
None. Season total: 2 (Mayfield, McLean)
Blocked Shots
Isles 16 (Two with 3)
Minnesota 11(Jonas Brodin -4)
For the Analytics Crowd
Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Minnesota 56
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 41, Minnesota 51
5-on-5 leaders:
Isles: Adam Pelech +13
Minnesota: Two with +8
High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)
All situations: Isles 9, Minnesota 14
5-on-5: Isles 8, Minnesota 14
Scratches
(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Ethan Bear-IR), (Max Shabonov-INJ). Max Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist.
Games Lost to injury: 55. (Last season's total: 304)
The Ironmen
Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 212 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (122) and Anders Lee (105) are the only other Isles to have also played every game since the start of last season.
National TV Games
The Isles are 1-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their next appearance will be on TNT on December 9th vs Vegas.
Matinee Isles
The Isles are 1-1-1 in matinee games this season; the next matinee will be at 3:30pm on November 22nd against St. Louis. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 16-18-13 in matinees.
Challenges
Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures
Opponents: 0 successful, 3 failure (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31)
Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable
Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)
For (2): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2
Vs (1): BOS 10/28
Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)
Isles responses (3): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4
Opponent responses (2): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30
Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins
For (0):
Vs (0):
Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):
For (3): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57)10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ
Vs (0):
OT Winners
For (0):
Vs (0):
Shootout Winners
For (0):
Vs (2): PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4
All-time Islander Leader Boards:
Games Played (skaters)
1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***
4. Casey Cizikas 911 *** 5. Brock Nelson 901 *** 6. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin and Anders Lee 855 …
22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 574 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Scott Mayfield 549 *** 27. Duane Sutter 547 *** 28. Lorne Henning and Mathew Barzal 543
Goals
1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …
5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 291 …
20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 137…
29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 115
Assists
1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …
7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Mathew Barzal 336…
19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 226…
27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 167…
34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 149
Points
1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…
12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 517…
15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 473…
27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 264
+/-
1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380
15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +86 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +60 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 24. Greg Gilbert +54
Defense Goals
1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***
4. Ryan Pulock 53…
13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26
Defense Assists
1. Denis Potvin 742*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***
7. Ryan Pulock and Jean Potvin 167 *** 9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 137…
17. Bryan Berard and Scott Mayfield 100
Defense Points
1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…
5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 230 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 220…
10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 163…
18. Gerry Hart and Scott Mayfield 128
Goalie Games
1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 ***
4. Ilya Sorokin 262 …
8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173
Wins
1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***
4. Ilya Sorokin 128 …
7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76
Shutouts
1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith and Ilya Sorokin 22 ***
4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16
On the Farm
Bridgeport rebounded from a 6-2 loss to Lehigh Valley on Wednesday with a 6-2 win in Springfield on Friday, to move their record to 4-6-1-0. Joey Larson had a pair of goals to give the rookie a team-high 5; no AHL rookie currently in the league has more goals.
Bridgeport will host Springfield on Saturday and then will play a sold-out 10:30am game against Wilkes-Barre Scranton.
Leaders: Goals: Joey Larson -5; Assists: Matthew Highmore and Matthew Maggio 6; Points: Highmore 8
Goalies: Marcus Hogberg 2-4-1 2.75, .903; Parker Gahagen 2-2-0 3.29, .883
Season Series Stats
Minnesota leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will meet again on January 10th in St. Paul to complete the season series.
The Isles are 1-7-1 in their last nine games with the Wild, while being outscored 35-17.
UP NEXT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th —ISLANDERS AT RANGERS 7:00pm
[MSGSN (pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]
The Isles look to be the first New York team to win this season at Madison Square Garden as they take on the Rangers. The Blueshirts are 7-1-1 on the road but 0-5-1 at home.
The Rangers used a series sweep (4-0-0, by a combined score of 23-5) to finish three points ahead of the Isles last season; had one of those games gone the Isles' way in regulation, the Rangers would have owned the 7-11-12-13 combination to Matthew Schaefer.
After having a lot of success at MSG for almost a decade, the Isles are 0-4-1 in the last five games in Manhattan and have won only one of the last nine games (1-6-2) overall between the squads.
This is the only meeting of the teams before Christmas, but they will play three times in a 17-game span in December and January.
Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick
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